The word “epitaph” (Greek epitáphios, “pertaining to the tomb") in Antiquity meant the funerary laudation of the deceased. It came into use in Europe during the Middle Ages to denote both the funerary inscription and the literary commemoration and the monument placed on the church or churchyard wall in memory of a deceased person [6]; [7]. Epitaphs might be painted or sculpted, and might consist of an inscription plaque alone, or an inscription and an image. The defining feature of an epitaph …